Ironing-board attachment



O. P. SEELEY JR.

IRONING BOARD ATTACHMENT.

APPLICATION FlLED MAY 20. 1919.

1,330,724. Patented Feb.10,1920.

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IRONIN'G-BOARD ATTACHMENT.

Application-filed May 20.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, OSCAR P. SEELEY, J r., a citizen of the United States, residing at Jennings, in the county of Jefferson Davis and State of Louisiana, .have invented new and useful Improvements in Ironing-Board Attachments, of which the following is a specification.

This invention has reference to an attachment for ironing boards.

The improvement is in the nature of a combined iron rest or support and clamp.

The object of the invention is to provide a means whereby articles to be ironed will be effectively held without necessitating the operator placing her hand thereon, and which articles will be released after being ironed when the iron is arranged upon the iron holder.

A further object of the invention is to produce a combined clamp and iron holder for ironing boards so constructed and arranged as to effectively clamp the goods being ironed, but at the same time provided with means whereby all of the goods, even those engaged by the clamp are accessible focontact by the iron in the pressing thereof, the clamp being in the nature of a spring influenced pivoted member and having one of its ends provided with a flanged holder to receive the iron, when goods are to be arranged on or removed from the board, the weight of the iron influencing the said pivoted clamp to bring the same out of engagement with the goods on the board.

The foregoing objects, and others which will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood may be accomplished by a simple construction and arrangement of parts such as illustrated by the accompany drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a partial view of an ironing board provided with the improvement, the finger of the clamp engaging the goods to be pressed to permit of the iron being worked beneath the clamp.

Fig. 2 is a view showing the arrangement of parts when the clamp fully engages with the goods to be ironed.

Fig. 3 is a view showing the arrangement of parts when an iron is deposited on the holder.

Fig. 4 is a transverse sectional view approximately on the line 44 of Fig. 2.

A portion of an ironing board is indi-- cated, in the drawings, by the numeral 1.

Specification of Letters Patent.

1919. Serial No. a9s,43a.'

On the board are secured spaced angle brackets 2, and to the vertical arms of the said brackets is connected a rod or shaft 3. On the rod or shaft is journaled the central reduced arm portion 4: of the improved clamp. One of the ends of the arm 4 is provided with a lateral widened portion 5 that forms the jaw proper for the clamp. Around the rod or shaft, to the opposite sides of the arm 4: are wound. convolutions 6 formed on angle irons 7 of a spring wire member 8. The ends of the convolutions are brought to bear against the vertical arms of the brackets and may be secured thereto, while the connecting element for the angle arms of the spring member is let into an angularly arranged transverse notch on the under face of the arm 4 of the clamp 5. If desired, of' course, the spring member may be secured to the arm in a more convenient manner, but the spring member is designed to swing the clamp 5 against the board 1, and against the article to be ironed on the board. The arm, at its end opposite that provided with the clamp 5 has secured thereon or has formed therewith a plate 9 shaped to snugly re- Patented Feb. 10, 1920.

ceive an iron and having its edges flanged as at 10 to prevent the accidental slipping of the iron therefrom. The iron is of a sufficient weight to overcome the tension of the spring, so that when an iron 11 is arranged upon the holder 10 the clamp 5 will be eleyated as illustrated in Fig. 3 of the drawings.

Pivotally secured, as at 12 to one of the sides of the arm 5 is a finger 13. This finger, as illustrated in Fig. l of the drawings is designed to be swung to bring one of its ends over the board and'over a cloth 14 on the said board. This elevates the arm 4 and the clamp 5. The finger is of a length' to bring the clamp 5 into frictional enga I ment with the article to be ironed. In t is manner all parts of the article may be properly ironed.

When the article is to be removed the op orator, having no immediate use for the iron, places the same upon the iron holder, which, as previously stated, is of suflicient weight to tilt the device and permit of the withdrawal of an ironed article or permit of the arrangement on the board of an other article to be ironed. It will be apparent, that a pressure by the operator upon the holder end of the device will tilt the clamp end thereof, so that articles to be ironed may be properly clamped or articles already ironed may be readily removed.

With my improvement it will be seen that the clamp will hold the clothes so that the said clothes may be drawn taut with one hand, while being ironed by the other hand of the user.

It is thought, from the foregoing description, when taken in connection with the drawings, the simplicity of the construction and the advantages thereof will be readily apparent without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, is

1. In combination with an ironing board, a combined iron holder and clamping attachment therefor including a pivoted member spring influenced in one direction.

2. In combination with an ironing board, of a combined clamp and iron holder therefor, com rising member pivotally supported a ove the lroning board, spring means for tilting the same to brin one of the ends thereof into contact with t e ironing board and to elevate its other end above the ironing board.

3. In combination with an ironin board, of brackets thereon, a rod connecting said brackets, an arm pivotally connected to said rod, said arm having one of'its ends provided with a lateral extension forming a clamping jaw, and its other end provided with an iron holder, and spring means on therod engaging with the arm for normally swinging the clamping jaw in contacting engagement with the ironing board.

t. In combination with an ironing board, of brackets having vertical members thereon,

a rod connecting said member, an arm having an opening therethrough receiving the rod, said arm having one of its ends provided with a lateral extension forming a clamping jaw, a finger pivotally secured to one side of the arm, spring means between the rod and arm for swinging the same in one direction to cause the jaw thereof to contact with the ironing board, and

a flanged iron holder on the opposite end of the rod.

- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature.

OSCAR P. SEELEY, JR. 

